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The first thing I learned about Margaret Moth was that she was a real bad ass. Being a person behind the camera is tough work, but being a camerawoman filing news in Saravejo just ranks in the top 10 most bravest things one could ever do. She was the first camerawoman I knew of. She had a penchant for jumping out of planes BAREFOOT, perhaps a close second to running towards the thick of things even when gunshots are being fired. Here bad assery was not without consequence, though as she got shot in the face while she was working at Saravejo. And then she came back to work six months after the incident.
Moth lost her battle against colon cancer at age 59. Dammit bullets didn't get her but cancer?! *sigh*
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